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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 17:40:15 GMT -5
Ok who here is dungeons and dragons nerd? I for one am guilty as charged! I still have my books..most of them..my old character
sheets..all my dice..even some of more creative adventures and quests that I came up with!
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 18:48:18 GMT -5
Guilty. Learned on 2nd Ed. during OIF 1. Never got into 3rd, 3.5 or 4th. However, I recently picked up the core books for 5th edition, and started up a campaign with my kids. 5th brings the rules back into balance. The DM runs the game and the books are back to being guidelines for the DM to use as he/she sees fit.
I have a big ol' bag of dice, recently added a beautiful matching set that includes the standard 7pc, 10D10s and 12D6s. Also picked up matched sets like that for my 9 and 11 year olds, along with their first dice bags. We have a fun little campaign going here at the house.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 18:52:19 GMT -5
In fact, I have also just recently, after a 17 year hiatus, gotten back into miniature painting. I was never big on using minis in game, but with kids it helps alot to be able to provide them with visual aids, so they understand things like combat proximity. I'm actually painting a few goblins tonight, I will post some pics later on.
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 19:03:31 GMT -5
In fact, I have also just recently, after a 17 year hiatus, gotten back into miniature painting. I was never big on using minis in game, but with kids it helps alot to be able to provide them with visual aids, so they understand things like combat proximity. I'm actually painting a few goblins tonight, I will post some pics later on. My wife just asked the the minis are of Geek, Nerd or Dweeb? |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 19:21:21 GMT -5
Lol. I suppose there is some Nerd and some Geek in miniatures. They edge the nerd category slightly into the geek world, since it is semi-technical and very tedious.
Cool thing is, Reaper Miniatures recently started up a new line of minis, known as Bones. They are made of a flexible polymer, as opposed to the old school lead and resin types. They are more suitable for table top use, since they bend instead of breaking. Beauty of it is, you can paint them with cheap acrylic craft paints, instead of dumping a fortune into miniature paints. Im using cheap brushes, cheap paints, very rusty skills, and older hands and eyes. Still making them look good enough for play though. It gives me something relaxing to do as well.
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Post by hazegray on Feb 29, 2016 20:31:22 GMT -5
Guilty as well. My stuff ( books, dice, character sheets) is sitting in a. She'd at my Mom's house in Texas. Been there for almost 30 years.
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 20:33:26 GMT -5
Ok..now for the next question..what was the thing you ever did to piss off the party or DM?? Mine was as DM and gave a thief a +5 backstabbing short sword that 3x damage but was a pacifist and talked..so when the theif tried a backstab the first time on a sphinx the sword yelled.."LOOK OUT LITTLE KITTY"!..the rest was ugly carnage..
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 20:51:49 GMT -5
Classic. We ran a game while I was on my first deployment where the DM got sick of one guy complaining all the time. So, while looting some tunnels, that guy found a belt with his clan emblem on it. Upon donning said belt, poof, he became a she. The player promptly dropped from the campaign, saving everyone the misery of his whining.
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 20:54:31 GMT -5
I gave a fighter the +5 two handed sword of fight instgation..knew all alignment languages and would look at the acient red dragon and tell it the guy holding the sword thinks dragons are weak little toads or some such thing..LOL
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 20:56:50 GMT -5
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 21:00:01 GMT -5
My current party, my kids, have no idea that the various characters who keep assigning them quests are actually all the same guy. A rogue, disguise master, who has been manipulating them for his own good all along. It will come out sooner or later.
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 21:24:32 GMT -5
Here are some of the Bones minis. First pic is one straight out of the package. White plasticy stuff. Then I basecoated them grey. Third pic is the one I was working on tonight, green skin complete. The last pic is one that I finished up a few days ago, just needs to be sealed. They aren't display quality or anything, but like I said, it has been a long time and I am using cheap stuff. It's about having fun with my kids. oh those really cool!!!! |
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 21:27:11 GMT -5
Guilty. Learned on 2nd Ed. during OIF 1. Never got into 3rd, 3.5 or 4th. However, I recently picked up the core books for 5th edition, and started up a campaign with my kids. 5th brings the rules back into balance. The DM runs the game and the books are back to being guidelines for the DM to use as he/she sees fit. I have a big ol' bag of dice, recently added a beautiful matching set that includes the standard 7pc, 10D10s and 12D6s. Also picked up matched sets like that for my 9 and 11 year olds, along with their first dice bags. We have a fun little campaign going here at the house. 1st ed purist here..we had the random damage table for things like the guy who ate the last slice of pizza..didnt flush after taking a dump..or was being an arse.. |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 21:39:31 GMT -5
My how the game has changed. Thaco is gone. Everything works on a streamlined system, now anyway. From what I have been told, editions 3-4 were pretty broken. Some classes seriously outweighed others.
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Post by simnettpratt on Feb 29, 2016 21:40:12 GMT -5
Spent years as the DM for my High School friends; lots of memories there, but I'm 1st Edition baby! Started them on B1 In Search of the Unknown, but all of us will have fond memories of B2 The Keep on the Borderlands, usually referred to as the Caves of Chaos. I knew ALL the rules, and ALL the monsters, from the Monster Manual to the Fiend Folio. There was a core group of seven of us (eight with me), that played for years; it was often an all-night event, and sometimes we rented the party room in a restaurant or a hotel. One thing they liked was I always had a whiteboard, and would pause them while I drew the whole room (that they'd see immediately), and it's contents before they told me their actions. When they left the room, it would get erased, and hopefully the mapper copied it right. It was an excellent way to describe oddly shaped rooms or caves. Several terms became part of our lexicon to this day. One time, I'd just spent five minutes describing how horrible and scary this particular beasty was, with nasty sharp pointy teeth, only to have Lamar come back with, 'I scoff!'. What, you scoff?! Hey, I scoff too DM! Me too! Me too! Now whenever we wish to show contempt for something, or are about to fight at chess or poker or a computer game, the scoffs come out. Loved the Desert of Desolation series by Tracy and Laura Hickman, and Ravenloft with the top down slewed map in the module. If you've found the secret graveyard in Dragon Age, the best headstone is inscribed, To Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Gygax. One of the best comments I read when Gary Gygax died was, I think we should all observe 1d4 minutes of silence.  |
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Post by crapgame on Feb 29, 2016 21:53:57 GMT -5
Spent years as the DM for my High School friends; lots of memories there, but I'm 1st Edition baby! Started them on B1 In Search of the Unknown, but all of us will have fond memories of B2 The Keep on the Borderlands, usually referred to as the Caves of Chaos. I knew ALL the rules, and ALL the monsters, from the Monster Manual to the Fiend Folio. There was a core group of seven of us (eight with me), that played for years; it was often an all-night event, and sometimes we rented the party room in a restaurant or a hotel. One thing they liked was I always had a whiteboard, and would pause them while I drew the whole room (that they'd see immediately), and it's contents before they told me their actions. When they left the room, it would get erased, and hopefully the mapper copied it right. It was an excellent way to describe oddly shaped rooms or caves. Several terms became part of our lexicon to this day. One time, I'd just spent five minutes describing how horrible and scary this particular beasty was, with nasty sharp pointy teeth, only to have Lamar come back with, 'I scoff!'. What, you scoff?! Hey, I scoff too DM! Me too! Me too! Now whenever we wish to show contempt for something, or are about to fight at chess or poker or a computer game, the scoffs come out. Loved the Desert of Desolation series by Tracy and Laura Hickman, and Ravenloft with the top down slewed map in the module. If you've found the secret graveyard in Dragon Age, the best headstone is inscribed, To Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Gygax. One of the best comments I read when Gary Gygax died was, I think we should all observe 1d4 minutes of silence. Oh how I miss the graph paper!!!! I pissed of the DM really badusing a wish..he was terrible with wishes everything had to perfect or he would mess with you really bad.I wished that all evil dragons would forever lose breath weapons..( thats the thumbnail) and he could not any way to mess it up so..the balance of power had a huge shift..G VS E and the Deieties had to get involved it was that bad..I ended up with huge amounts of loot and powers after i agreed to resind my wish..amazing stuff..he still is pissed at me after 25 years! |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 21:54:46 GMT -5
From talking to other guys who came up on first and second, everyone seems to like fifth. It's a much cleaner, simpler game. You guys might enjoy it, if you still have an interest.
PM me. I have digital copies of the 5e core books as well.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Feb 29, 2016 21:57:56 GMT -5
Something else you guys might like, I found an oyster vinyl graph mat at a game shop a few weeks back. You can use projector pens on it, then wipe it down and start over. One inch squares on one side, hexes on the other. Great for sketching quick maps on the fly.
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 1, 2016 2:20:47 GMT -5
Yes, there is no substitute. I would not have let you get away with that wish, however. Wishes can't just change the whole universe. Maybe a visit from the Dark Lord of Dragons or something. I absolutely love the way other players stay mad at you, apparently for life. Way back in the Caves of Chaos, the gang made 5,000gp, which is a lot for 1st-3rd level characters. Bart decided to leave it in the care of one of the gate guards of the Keep. I realized that, in the days before fingerprints or DNA, the guard was probably a good guy and all, but when a total stranger deposits ten years' salary on you and says please hold this 'till I get back, well ... I'm sorry Sondrax, but guess who wasn't there when they got back. Bart will be mad at me over that for life, but hey, I didn't decide what the guy would do, but realized what he would do. And Bart never left 5,000gp with a complete stranger again  @daylight: Thanks for the 5e offer, but I'm afraid my playing days are in the past; I haven't hung out with the players in a long time. Lots of memories from that era. I liked being the DM because you got to play when you were by yourself, studying and preparing. Always annoying when the MU had like eleven spells in his spell book and didn't know the area effect of any of them. You cast a fireball? Magic User, what's the area of effect of a fireball spell? Er... Well let me tell you. You know how many of these little squares that is? THIRTY THREE! You just blew the dwarf down the fucking hall! They brought that up forever after too, but at least they weren't mad at me over it. |
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Post by mectain on Jan 2, 2019 19:18:40 GMT -5
I know this is an old post but I happen to be a big d&d fan and was wondering if anyone happens to still play and do you play online or in person only?
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Post by kirk13 on Jan 2, 2019 20:07:48 GMT -5
I've not played since high school. I keep looking at sets and pdf downloads🤩🤩
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jan 2, 2019 20:40:16 GMT -5
I started with 2nd edition back in 6th or 7th grade. Played 3rd in the Army and most recently went through a strange campaign using old War Hammer rules(least favourite).
I'd love to get a campaign going, but I have few people around me interested, so I'd have to DM and frankly I am sick of the responsibility.
Favourite character played is a toss-up between a borderline-insane battle cleric who wields a huge shovel with the same mechanics of a great ax. Said shovel was cursed when it struck some ancient foul thing in a mine beneath his home village and was then used by a possessed miner to slaughter the entire village later that night. The villagers' souls all being trapped in the cursed weapon, he became a cleric and went into the world in search of a means of freeing his people.
The other is a human rogue/Sorcerer who was captured and worked as a slave in a Drow wizard's court for most of his young life. Almost no combat ability, I allocated all his stat points into charisma and intelligence. My role was pretty much owning NPCs with dialogue. His mastery over the gift of gab was such that he could talk adversaries into switching sides or even taking their own lives.
I really want to play now... haha
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 20:40:40 GMT -5
I think the last time I played was 1983 . . . we would waste whole weekends playing. Good times
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Post by exbenedict on Jan 2, 2019 20:41:10 GMT -5
Played in Junior High, High School, and College. Also play Warhammer 40k. Been playing that for over 20 years. I am the KING of nerds.
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Post by username on Jan 2, 2019 21:30:58 GMT -5
I really enjoy 5 edition. Local game store had dnd nights every Wednesday and Saturday thru adventures league so it’s easy to find a game. I haven’t been in a couple months I need to get down there again.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jan 2, 2019 21:40:18 GMT -5
I really enjoy 5 edition. Local game store had dnd nights every Wednesday and Saturday thru adventures league so it’s easy to find a game. I haven’t been in a couple months I need to get down there again. I almost forgot about that option. I do have a few shops close. I just tend to avoid them so I dont waste money on toys and MTG cards. haha |
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Post by jackdiamond on Jan 2, 2019 21:47:45 GMT -5
Ooh! I just recently started playing. I am absolutely loving it.
Has there been any talk of getting an online game going?
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Post by mectain on Jan 2, 2019 21:56:11 GMT -5
I love mtg but haven't bought cards in about 10 years. Me and my friends will play with our old cards.
And I was curious about what kind of feed back I would get and feel out if people want to play online. Maybe if we get a good group we could just play short dungeons and rotate DM'ing. Because having that responsibility can get old fast and is a lot of work.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 22:01:58 GMT -5
D&D was popular when I was in high school, but I never tried it. My friends and I would get together and play Risk. I was a fan of Avalon Hill war board games in middle school and high school (I had 1776 and Panzer Leader), but it was really difficult to find anyone to play.
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Post by jackdiamond on Jan 2, 2019 22:02:04 GMT -5
I love mtg but haven't bought cards in about 10 years. Me and my friends will play with our old cards. And I was curious about what kind of feed back I would get and feel out if people want to play online. Maybe if we get a good group we could just play short dungeons and rotate DM'ing. Because having that responsibility can get old fast and is a lot of work. I'd be open to DMing an online session. I'd rather not use Roll20, but if we can't find a different way to do it, that's okay. |
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